Theirs Was the Kingdom
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- Paperback
896 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1989
Summary
Adam Swann’s expanding business empire now stretches as far north as the Scottish Highlands and as far west as the Dublin Pale. Alex, his elder son, is a professional soldier; George is a pioneer of the motor industry, and his adopted daughter Deborah works to uncover the terrible injustices facing working-class women. The great edifice of the British Empire is beginning to crumble, and as the gap between prosperity and poverty widens, Victorian England can no longer afford to be complacent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340162255 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340162252 |
| Author: | R.F. Delderfield |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 896 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1989 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 177mm x 115mm x 42mm |
| Series: | Coronet Books |
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R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller - Sunday Mirror His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy - Life Magazine
R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller - Sunday Mirror
His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy - Life MagazineAbout The Author
R.F. Delderfield
R.F. Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter, where he went on to become Editor. From there he began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A HORSEMAN RIDING BY, he became one of Britain’s most popular authors. Many of his bestselling novels were later adapted for television. He died in 1972.
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